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The cron.deny file must not have an extended ACL.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-22389 GEN003210 SV-45628r1_rule Medium
Description
If there are excessive file permissions for the cron.deny file, sensitive information could be viewed or edited by unauthorized users.
STIG Date
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server v11 for System z 2016-12-20

Details

Check Text ( C-42994r1_chk )
Check the permissions of the file.
# ls -lL /etc/cron.deny
If the permissions include a '+', the file has an extended ACL. If the file has an extended ACL and it has not been documented with the IAO, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-39026r1_fix)
Remove the extended ACL from the file.
# setfacl --remove-all /etc/cron.deny